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ON  THE  TREATY  PAPERS. 


CE         J  EL  OFFICE,  April  7,  1796. 

^n^flcmantou  in/iant  a>   tved  .rom  New- York,  has  favored  us  vitth  the 
juitff  hi^b.'y  interefttr'  and  via^nanimous  Communication  of 

T^E  PRESIDED  lot  THE  UmT£D  ^TATXS^ 

to    he  tJg       ofRcprefcniatives,  on  IVtdnefday  the  ^oth  ult. 


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dercd  youi  elolutton  ottbe  afCh  \n{\. 
rcqtieRinftme  to  Uy  before  ymir  honfe,  a  copy 
of  the  inllrkiioni  to  the  Miniftfr  of  the  Un;t- 
««I  State*,  vrho  n«g»t"uied  the  treaty  with  the 
Kiujrof  C^reat-Brti  Altogether  with  tiic  cor- 
refpondence  «nd  other  documents  relative  to 
that  treaty,  excepting  f>««h  of  the  favd  paperi 
•  s  anyexirtino  necociac;oo  may  reader  impro- 
per to  be  difuofea. 

"  In  dHiberating  on  th!j  fubjcd,  it  was  im- 
pvfGble  forme  to  l«fe  fight  of  the  principle 
which  Tom?  hare  avowed  in  its  difcuilioG,  or  to 
tkvoid  extending  ray  view*  to  the  confet^aencet 
whicnmalt  tiow  front  the  Adaailfion  oi  that  pria- 
ciple. 

»'  I  truft  that  no  part  of  my  condud  h:i  s  evt r 
indicated  1  difpofition  to    withhold    any  mtor 
maufm    ^hich   th»   Contbttttian   has    enjomed 
upon  the  Pr«fident  as  a  duty  to  gWe,  or  which 
tcw'ld   be    required  of  him    by    cither  houl'c    of 
Congrcfs  a%  a  riglv;  i     and  with  truth  I  tihrm, 
that  II  haabren,  A»  it  will  continue  to  b«  while 
I  have  the  hooof  to  prefide  in  the  government, 
ray  conftaot  endeavour  to  harmonize    wim  the 
orher  bvanchaa  thereof,  fo  far  as  the  truft  dele- 
irated  to  me  by  tho  people  of  the  Unifd  Stat? 
'"•nit    oflbc      .i-'igati^'n      ■' 
,=  ,  prntffJ  *^;  .•"'    -uftrntl    tin 

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h-     nature  -   ;. 


gov«rn«i«nt  to  this   rooTneot,  ray   conda<fl  hat 
exemplihed  that    opinion,    that  the    power   ol 
making   trcatifi   ii    excluhvely  veiled   in    the 
Prdideni,  by  and  with  tbe  advice  of  ibeSenaie, 
provided  two   ihirdi   of  the   Senatori  prefont 
concur  ;     and    that    every  treaty  fo  made,   and 
promulgated,  thence    forward  became  the  lavr 
or  the  land.      It  is    thus  'hat  the  treaty  making 
power  Has  beea  underltood  by  foreign  nation*  , 
and  in  all  treaties   made    with    them,   wc  have 
declared;  and  they  have    ^lieved,    that  when 
ratified  by   the  Prefident,    with  the  advice  r^^A 
confent  of  the  Senate,  they  became  obligaT:> 
In  this   conftniction  of  the    conftitution,  every 
Houfe  of  ReprpffUtatives  has  heretofore  acqui- 
efccd  ;  and  until  the  prcfent  time,  not  a  doubt 
or  fufpition   has   appeared    to   ray   kaowlrdgc, 
that  tliis  con(fru<'tion    waa   not  the  true  vt\t   ■> 
Nav,  they  have  more  than  acquiefced  ,  tor  .u- 
til  now,  without  controveriiua    the  oMigatiyn 
of  Ujch  treaties,   they  have  made    all    the  requi 
tite  provifjons  for  carrying  theni  into  effcd. 

••  rh«r«  i»  aifo  realon  vo  believe  tlvii  tiiia 
c  on ():ru£lion  agrees  wiih  the  opinions  enter- 
tained by  the  htate  Conventions,  when  they 
were  deliberating  on  th«  coniV'tuiion  ;  efpe- 
i. sally  by  thofc  who  ohjetiedto  it,  becauie  ih«r* 
wraa  not  required  ia  i^mfntrci^i  treaiiei^tht  con 
fcRt  of  two  third*  (A  the  wboieSeoaie,inftf  ad  0* 
twolhirds  of  theSenators  prefent  .  -ind  becauipui 
?-»i!rict  r-rlpecting  territorial  and  wtrtain  cnrt 
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«tj*»ld   tie    rfqusrra  m  Mini    oy    cim^i    nouie    >m 
Coaf^reii  i%  a  rigl>^!     anJ  with   cryth  I  tl^i-^Ti 
thai  li  hatiijcn,  i«  it  ^wiU  conunut  to 
I  htvelh*  honor  lo  prrfide  in  the  f,ov«n.  jieui, 
my  conlUnt  en(ie»foor  lo  binnonixe    wan  th« 
' -VMir  b»  jinch«i  chenrof,  fo  t«r  tt  the  truft  del* 
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<  onftrurtion  ttrffi   with  the  opmioni  •nier- 
..rted  by  the    ^iiie   (.on  vent  I  on*,    when    ti.ry 
■»ere   deht)«f*tin^  on   t>»€  conli-tution  .  rf;'r 
-  ally  »V  '*'"^*  '''^*''  ohjeilcdlo  tl,  t»«tiuC«  u*«  • 
wit  not  reijutred  lo  K«iw»*r</#<  f/*ri«^th«  eoo- 
iVnt  of  two  third*  o4  the  wboiebeoait .ibO'  •  ' 
*     hirdi  of  ihcScaators  prrknt  ,  imd  bt< 
p«  r»lpe«*t'nr  terrifofial  arui      rrtii-- 
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lit  of  the  Senate  ;  ihr  prmcipie  on 
w;utl»  ih»t  bmly  wt«  formed,  conbning  it  to  • 
fintll  number  (if  tnemten.  lo  admu,  hen,  a 
ri/^h»  W)  «h<  Hoiife  of  Rrprefentitives,  u>  de- 
in40d,  and  to  have,  t»  s  matter  of  t»ur(c.  ail 
»hr  paper!  refpedinn  «  nej^ot  lation  **itb  « 
foreign  power,  woald  be  to  eiUbliQi  «  danj^e- 
ro»»»  precedeot. 

"  It  Uoe^  not  occur,  that  the  infpeftion  of  the 
p»p<T»  tlketl  for,  can  he  relitlte  t«  any  piir- 
^fe  uoder  the  cognizauce  o\  the  Houfe  of  Re- 
pretrntativei,  except  that  of  an  impeacbiuent, 
which  the  rrfolulio'n  b«»  not  eaprcfled.  J  re- 
ycot,  that  i  h«»^  no  diipotition  to  withold  any 
inforfnatlou  which  the  duty  of  my  ftatioo  wii) 
permit,  or  the  p»ibli«  ^ood  Ihall  require,  to  be 
diitloled  .  aod,  IQ  i»d, 

AIL  the  PAF^HRSafTcaingthc  Nrg 
tiaiion    wish    Grejt~iiiita!%  were   U   1 
before  the  i>ENATE,  when  the  1  rctcy 
iclclf  WM  coiTJmuj^cRi«*i  for  ibf^  con- 
fidcration and  advice 

♦•  The  <Oorfe  which  the  debate  h«i  taken, 
xm  ^'h-m  ttro3tnx\\rtt  xA' x\^*  t44K>f«,  )*«da  to  iooi* 
ohfrrvatiooi  on  the  modo  qf  making  tretfei 
»ndertbe  Cotiftitotion  of  tbo     United  Sutc* 

**  Having  bron  a  member  of  the   Geoeral 
Convention,  and   kDo«»ing  the    principica   on 
which  the  Cooflitutloo  waa  fortned,  I   h«ve  e 
»or  entertaintsi  but  one   opinloa  on   thU   fub- 
j*^  ,  aiifi  troo»  tte  fcrfl  eftablifibirfBt  of  ib« 


^     *eri  t( 
lul  poiaical  lafeiy  of  the    Imailei    buua  w 
,»MTifd  «neniiallv  ;»dlepend. 

"  ii  other  proofa  than  iltfie,  and  the  plain  if 
ter  of  the  cooltitution  itlelf,  be  necetlary  fo  a1- 
rrtain  tlw  pmut  under  eoniytration,  rhey  may 
*■>(  toand  in  thf  journal  of  the   general  (.on^^n- 
lioo,  which  1  have  dfpolited  in  the  office  of  the 
department    of  J>tate.     In  thofejournaii  it  will 
appear,  that  a  propnfuion  watoiade,  "  that  nr 
treaty  fbould  be  be  bituliiig  on  the  Uniied  Sti; 
which  waa  not  latihed  by  a  law  >"  and  thai 
propolilion  was  exj  licifly  rejeOtd, 

"  Aa, therefore,  it  n  perteittly  clear  to  i,  . 
derftanding,  that  the  liirnt  oi  the  \\o\iSt  nt 
prefer.titivea  is  not  neceliary  to   the  validi;  v 
H  treaty,  ai  tlie  treaty  vrith   Ort*i-Br itsiH    tx 
hiba«,  in  itfclf,  ail  the  object!  requiring   Jrg'!* 
lative    ptovifion  ;     and    on  which  thefe  paper  a 
tailed  tor   can  throw  no  «light  ,  and    ta   u      a 
efiVotial  to  the  due    adminiOration  ofllie  gov- 
Tainent,    that   the    boundaries     hxed   by    the 
(ionftitution,   between    die    diBFeretit    depart- 
nifeocaifhoold  beprrferved— «  joH  regard  to  the 
Conftituiion,  ami  to  the  duty  of  my   oftce,  un 
der  all  the  cireumflancee  of  thi«   cafe,  forbid  * 
conopllanc*  wUb  your  re«i»eft.*' 

^c-o,    rra<f/ic7m4on. 

United  Itatti,  Mjrch  ;o,  1796. 

ijr  Thii  meir«|r  hk«  be«n  c«Kuniii»A  t*  «  Qo»\fnamt 
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